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Alex Corretja #15 def. Karim Alami #68

4-6 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 18, 1997*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Alex Corretja
Score	4-6 7-5 6-3
Loser	Karim Alami
Duration	2h 19m

Stat	Alex Corretja	Karim Alami
Aces	5	3
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	61	46
First serve points won %	73	69
Second serve points won %	53	50
Break points saved %	56	17
Break points converted %	83	44
Service points won %	65	59
Return points won %	41	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alex Corretja	Karim Alami
Country	ESP	MAR
Birth date	Apr 11, 1974	May 24, 1973
Age	23	23
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	15	68
Ranking points (entering)	1,650	675
Elo (entering)	1,891	1,686
Career W-L	415–277	140–177
Career earnings	$10,411,354	$2,087,596

Pre-match H2H

Alex Corretja 1 – 0 Karim Alami

Path

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1997	R16	Carlos Moya	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1997	R32	Arnaud Boetsch	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1997	R64	Hicham Arazi	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1997	SF	Goran Ivanisevic	7-6(5) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Karim Alami's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1997	R16	Sergi Bruguera	3-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1997	R32	Chris Woodruff	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1997	R64	Mark Philippoussis	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data